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March 13, 2013

COSLA, Bedroom Tax, the Clash of Titans and Comrie Conversations

Lesley chaired sessions at the 2013 COSLA Conference in St Andrews. She reports back
from a conference where the architect of the ‘Bedroom Tax’, Lord Freud
delivered a presentation. It was a tense session as Lesley recounts. Lesley later chaired a session where Nicola
Sturgeon ‘debated’ with Alistair Darling. She also outlines some of the protocols which
surrounded this ‘first’ clash of the ‘Leaders’ of ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. Shades of ‘Kennedy
and Nixon’. However, Lesley does gives a
broader perspective to a number of the ‘community’ related initiatives that
Local Authorities are facing up to.

Finally, Lesley and Andy Wightman were invited to take part
in a ‘Comrie Conversation’; a community which came together to talk about ‘independence’
at the grassroots. You’ll be surprised at the links in topics between COSLA and
Comrie.

Finally, in response to questions, you can subscribe to the
Lesley Riddoch podcast directly, at no cost, at iTunes via this link or search
for the podcast under ‘Feisty Productions’ on the iTunes Store. ( We would like
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